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On San Valentine´s day, the international wine competition Sakura Wine Awards 2017 published its results. The award-winning were selected among 4,212 wines from 37 countries as the result of the tasting assessment by 406 female juries from Jan.28th to Feb.1st, 2017.

“Even Japanese ladies have appreciated our Valdemonte. It is certainly a wine which allows excellent matches with the cuisines of distant countries, conceived to go hand in hand with food without dominating it. A 100% female jury has awarded him a gold medal and we are proud of It.” commented Fernando Castro, owner and GM of the winery, the fifth generation of a winegrower’s family.

The Gold Medal, Valdemonte distinguished itself for being 100% elaborated with Tempranillo grape and its Appellation of Origin Valdepeñas. A wine produced from vines planted on clayey, limestone soils, crossed by the River Jabalón and seared by the sun. This Tempranillo possesses an intense and brilliant cherry red color and shows aromas of red berry fruit and hints of ripe cherries. The palate is full with velvety tannins.

In addition to these superb scores for our wines, 19 more wines of Bodegas Fernando Castro have been scored by the tasting panel of Peñin Guide, with scores between 79 and 84 points. All these wines are under the appellation of origin Valdepeñas, except for Finca las Virtudes and Finca la Lomilla which belong to the Geographical Indication Tierra de Castilla.

At Peñin Guide Wine Show, the best Spanish quality- price wines of the Peñín Guide 2017 are listed. In this edition, 11,500 samples have been tasted, being undoubtedly the best reference of the wine sector in our country.Among the wines tasted, it is highlighted the presence of almost 37% of young wines, despite the climatic diculties due to drought and high temperatures.

Record at the medal panel of Bodegas Fernando Castro. In addition to the 32 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 9 bronze medals were awarded by judges from all over the world, bringing the total number of medals awarded across to 55.

It’s been a great period for the cellar, culminated in Israel at the Terravino Mediterranean International Wine & Spirits Challenge.

Including other recent awards, the last gold medal brings to 32 the total number of Trophies received for our wines over the past 12 months. This number of medals was not obtained since the year 2010, but 2016 has had record in gold medals.

'It's been a huge honor' says the CEO Fernando Castro. 'All of us at Bodegas Fernando Castro are extremely grateful to be acknowledged in this way and it will inspire and challenge us to be even more creative in coming vintages.'

Tempranillo grape was once again the star performer with 41 medals, 24 gold, all from the Appellation of Origin Valdepeñas.

Below the other prizes, the cellar team is particularly happy for the success of our Grandes Reservas, which continue succeeding in all wine contest the cellar participates.

Each harvest season , the oenologist team at Bodegas Fernando Castro carefully selects for ageing the best wine batches of Tempranillo grape which have been followed from the vineyard. “We were confident these were going to be delightful wines and we weren't wrong” said one of the oenologists.

The recently marketed Brand LOVE is celebrating its rst medals, won at Terravino 2016 Mediterranean International Wine & Spirit Challenge. The silver medals indicates the quality of our new Brand is apropriate and we are certain that many more medals and awards are waiting for us in the future.

Terravino 2016 took place between november 27th and December the 1st in the city of Ashdod, Israel. Founded eleven years ago, Terravino International Wine Competition has gained a prestigious reputation among the wine industry. The panel of judges include key gures in the wine industry, wine journalists, and prominent individuals from the tourism industry.

Fernando Castro, CEO of Bodegas Fernando Castro said, “This news is extremely exciting, and we truly put an enormous amount of time and energy to ensure our wines present quality. From day one, our mission as a winery was to produce outstanding wines for discerning wine enthusiasts across the globe, and this is exactly what we have accomplished.”

The 4th Asia Wine Trophy Competition was held at Daejeon, South Korea, from 24 to 27 October. Daejeon International Marketing Enterprise (DIME) and Deutsche Wein – Marketing GmbH has collaboratively hosted and organized the event under the patronage of the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine).

The Competition is held to coincide with two other high profile Asian wine events also being held in Daejeon: the International Wine & Spirits Fair (28 to 30 October) and the Asia Wine Buyers Conference (26 to 30 October).

In the Asian Wine Trophy competition there were 3,869 entries, from 30 countries. The judging was carried out by a total of 130 judges, from 23 countries, working on 20 panels. Over half of the judges were drawn from eight countries in Asia, mostly from Korea.